DETERMINANTS OF PARTICIPATION IN A NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION PROJECT IN RURAL GUATEMALA

The factors which influence participation in nutrition interventions a re not well understood. This study identifies the relative importance of various determinants of participation in a longitudinal, on-site nu tritional supplementation project conducted in rural Guatemala. The st udy examines attendance of children age 0-72 months at the feeding cen ters during the first year of the project, 1969. The results indicate that participation did not occur at random, and a variety of factors c ontributed to the participation of individual children, particularly m other's literacy, child's age, family size, and distance from the home to the feeding center.